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Palantir Gains NHS Staff Access, Sparks Ethical Concerns

4/8/2026

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Palantir engineers received NHS email accounts, enabling access to contact details for up to 1.5 million NHS staff.
Health service staff in the UK are alarmed by this arrangement.
Critics, including NHS employees and human rights advocates, cite Palantir's surveillance history as a concern.
David Rowland of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest says the access may not breach rules but raises ethical issues.

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Story summary

Palantir engineers received NHS email accounts, enabling access to contact details for up to 1.5 million NHS staff.
Health service staff in the UK are alarmed by this arrangement.
Critics, including NHS employees and human rights advocates, cite Palantir's surveillance history as a concern.
David Rowland of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest says the access may not breach rules but raises ethical issues.